asusena

Cebuano

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: a‧su‧se‧na

Noun

asusena

  1. the tuberose (Polianthes tuberosa); a perennial plant related to the agaves

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish azucena, from Andalusian Arabic السوسنة (as-sūsána), from Arabic سُوسَن (sūsan, “lily”), from Middle Persian swsn' (sōsan), from Ancient Greek σοῦσον (soûson), ultimately from Egyptian

(zšn, “lotus”).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔasuˈsena/, [ʔɐ.sʊˈsɛ.nɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ena
  • Homophone: Azucena
  • Syllabification: a‧su‧se‧na

Noun

asusena (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐᜓᜐᜒᜈ) (botany)

  1. tuberose (Agave amica)

Further reading
  • “asusena”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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